A nurse who filmed himself sexually assaulting an unconscious female patient was jailed for two years yesterday.

Jonathan Haldane touched mum-of-four Tara Jepson's breasts as she lay in a coma.

Haldane, 39, recorded the attack on his mobile phone and emailed the footage to a friend, saying: "Are you ready to be disturbed?" He also claimed "she was asking for it". His friend was so disgusted she alerted police, leading to Haldane's arrest in March 2008.

The judge at Leicester crown court told him: "This was a gross breach of trust."

Ms Jepson, 30, was in a coma in Leicester Royal Infirmary after overdosing on prescription drugs. She waived her right to anonymity and said outside court: "I find the whole thing disgusting. How could this have happened?"